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The Mayan people begun building large stone complexes(triadic Structures)
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El MIrador was one of the largest cities with a population of about 250,000
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Many Mayan cities were abandoned for an unknown reason
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Large parts of Mayan cities were abandoned and they collapsed again.
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Sinchi Roca began his rule of the Inca empire
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The Aztecs settled near Lake Texcoco when they saw an eagle devouring a snake, perched on a cactus
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They founded the city of Tenochtitlan after building it.
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Pachacuti became ruler of the Inca empire and it begun expanding
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When Ahuitzotl began his rule over the Aztecs.This was one of the most successful time for them.
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The Aztecs have a religious sacrifice of 84,400 people over a period of 4 days
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Mayans and the Spanish first meet.
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Herman (or Hernan) Cortes and his fellow Spaniards came to Tenochtitlan and took over the Aztecs with the help of ally tribes.
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The Spaniards set sail from Panama to find El Dorado
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The Spaniards return to Cuzco and meet a new ruler. This interaction did not go so well and ended with the ruler of the inca empire being kidnaped by the spaniards.
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The Spaniards execute the kidnapped emperor after taking the gold and silver the inca people paid to get their emperor back.
